For of good name and wysdom and manere
She hath y-nough, and eek of gentilesse;
If she be fayr, thow wost thy-self, I gesse.
127. Ne I never saw a more bountevous
Of hir estat, ne a gladder, ne of speche
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A freendlier, ne a more gracious
For to do wel, ne lasse hadde nede to seche
What for to doon; and [al this bet to eche],
In honour, to as fer as she may strecche,